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1. 나가기 전에 날씨 앱을 확인해 줄래?

   Can you check the weather app before we leave?

   나가기 전에

   before leaving

   날씨

   weather

   앱

   app

   확인해

   check

   줄래?

   would you?

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   나가기 전에 combines 나가다 (“to leave/go out”) with -기 전에 (“before doing”). 나가기 is the nominalized form used before this time expression, and 전에 means “before.” In the fixed translation, the omitted subject is understood as “we”: “before we leave.” The same pattern is reusable: 자기 전에 = “before sleeping.” 날씨 means “weather.” It is a noun and can combine with other nouns, as in 날씨 예보 (“weather forecast”). 앱 is the Korean loanword for “app.” In 날씨 앱, 날씨 specifies the type of app, and 앱 is the main noun: “weather app.” 확인해 comes from 확인하다, “to check/confirm.” The form 확인해 is the -해 form of this 하다-verb; here it connects to 주다 in the request construction 확인해 주다. This construction presents the checking as something done for the other person. For example, 이메일을 확인해 주세요 means “Please check the email.” 줄래? comes from 주다 plus -(으)ㄹ래?, a form asking about willingness or asking someone to do something. After another verb in the -아/어 form, as in 확인해 줄래?, it makes a relatively casual request: “Would you check it?” or “Can you check it?” Together, 날씨 앱을 확인해 줄래? asks the listener to check the weather app, while 나가기 전에 sets the time: “Can you check the weather app before we leave?”

2. 비가 올 가능성이 조금 있다고 나와.

   It says there is some chance of rain.

   비가

   rain

   올

   will come; will fall

   가능성이

   chance; possibility

   조금

   a little; some

   있다고

   that there is

   나와

   it says; it indicates

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   비가 means “rain” as the thing that may occur. 비 is the noun “rain,” and 가 marks it as the subject of the following clause. Korean often uses 비가 오다 for “rain falls” or simply “it rains”; for example, 비가 와요 means “It’s raining.” 올 comes from 오다, “to come,” and here means “to fall/occur” in the weather expression 비가 오다. Its -ㄹ form is the adnominal form used before a noun: 올 가능성 means “the possibility that it will rain.” This is not the plain future form by itself; it modifies 가능성. 가능성이 means “possibility” or “chance,” with 이 marking this noun as the subject of the next part. The noun 가능성 is useful in patterns such as 가능성이 있어요 (“There is a possibility”) and 가능성이 없어요 (“There is no possibility”). 조금 means “a little” or “some.” Here it limits the degree of the chance, so 조금 있다고 conveys that the chance exists to some extent. It does not itself specify a numerical amount. 있다고 contains 있다, “to exist/be present,” plus -다고, which marks reported content after a descriptive statement. In this sentence, 올 가능성이 조금 있다고 means “that there is some chance that it will rain.” The quoted content is the existence of the possibility, not a direct command or prediction by the speaker. 나와 is the informal connective form of 나오다, literally “to come out.” In information such as an app or forecast, -다고 나와 means that the information “says,” “shows,” or “indicates” something. The form 나와 is not the weather event itself; it describes what the displayed information indicates. Together, 비가 올 가능성이 조금 있다고 나와 states that the weather information indicates there is some chance of rain. The preceding request to check a weather app explains why 나와 refers to displayed information, while the following sentence separately says that the sky already looks cloudy. A reusable pattern is A-(으)ㄹ 가능성이 있다고 나와 (“It says/shows that there is a possibility of A”).

3. 하늘이 벌써 흐려 보여.

   The sky looks cloudy already.

   하늘이

   the sky

   벌써

   already

   흐려

   cloudy

   보여

   looks; appears

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   하늘이 means “the sky” here. 하늘 is the noun “sky,” and -이 marks it as the grammatical subject after a noun ending in a consonant. This is a subject marker, not part of the noun itself. For example, 비가 와요 means “It is raining,” with 비가 as the subject. 벌써 means “already,” indicating that the cloudy appearance has occurred sooner than expected or by this point in time. It is an adverb, so it does not change form. 벌써 비가 와요 means “It is already raining.” 흐려 is the form of the Korean descriptive verb 흐리다, “to be cloudy” or “to be overcast.” In this sentence, 흐려 connects that description to the following 보여. The ending comes from the -어 connective pattern; 흐리다 becomes 흐려 through regular vowel contraction in this form. Do not treat 흐려 as a noun or as the base form. For example, 날씨가 흐려요 means “The weather is cloudy.” 보여 is the form of 보이다, “to be seen” or “to look/appear.” After another descriptive form, -어 보이다 expresses an appearance judged from what is perceived: 흐려 보여 means “looks cloudy.” Here 보여 does not mean that the sky actively looks at something; it contributes the appearance meaning in the construction. For example, 피곤해 보여요 means “You look tired.” Together, 흐려 보여 forms the reusable pattern [description]-아/어 보이다, meaning “looks/seems [description].” The subject is 하늘이, and 벌써 adds “already,” so the complete utterance means “The sky already looks cloudy.” The form 보여 is a plain/informal ending here; a polite conversational version would be 보여요.

4. 오늘 저녁에는 기온도 내려간대.

   The temperature will also drop this evening.

   오늘

   today

   저녁에는

   in the evening

   기온

   temperature

   도

   also

   내려간대

   is said to drop

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   오늘 means “today.” It is a time noun and can combine with another time expression: 오늘 아침 means “this morning,” while 오늘 저녁 means “this evening.” 저녁에는 combines 저녁 (“evening”) with 에 (“at/in,” marking a time) and 는 (a topic or contrast marker). Here it sets “this evening” as the time under discussion. The pattern 시간에는 ... is reusable for describing what happens at a particular time. 기온 means “air temperature,” especially the measured temperature of the air. It is more specific than the broader word 온도, which can refer to the temperature of many things. In this sentence, 기온 is the thing that falls. 도 means “also” or “too.” Attached to 기온, 기온도 means “the temperature too,” adding this information to something already relevant in the context. The particle attaches directly to the noun or noun phrase it marks. 내려간대 is the reported form of 내려가다, “to go down” or, for a temperature, “to drop.” The base verb is 내려가다; its present-style form is 내려가요 (“it goes down” / “it is going down”), and the opposite useful verb is 올라가다 (“to go up,” “to rise”). In 내려간대, -ㄴ대 is a colloquial shortened form of -ㄴ다고 해, meaning that the speaker reports information: “they say it will drop” or “I hear it will drop.” With a prediction about a later time, the English translation naturally uses “will.” For example, 내일 기온이 올라간대. means “They say the temperature will rise tomorrow.” This uses the same reported-information pattern with the opposite movement verb. Together, 오늘 and 저녁에는 specify this evening, 기온도 adds the temperature to the discussion, and 내려간대 reports a drop. The whole utterance therefore means: “The temperature will also drop this evening.”

5. 얇은 재킷을 가져갈까?

   Should I carry a light jacket?

   얇은

   light; thin

   재킷

   jacket

   가져갈까?

   Should I take it?

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   얇은 comes from the descriptive verb 얇다, meaning “to be thin.” Before a noun, it takes the attributive form 얇은: 얇은 재킷 means “a thin/light jacket” here. The form describes the jacket’s thinness; it is not the comparative “thinner.” Example: 얇은 책 = “a thin book.” 재킷 is the noun “jacket.” The following particle 을 marks it as the object of the action. Korean object particles are 을 after a consonant and 를 after a vowel: 책을 but 우산을. 가져갈까? is based on 가져가다, “to take/carry something to another place.” In this sentence, 가져가- combines with -ㄹ까?, a form used for a speaker’s deliberation or suggestion, giving “Should I take/carry…?” The first-person subject is understood from this use and is not written as a separate pronoun. Compare 가져오다, “to bring something toward the relevant place or person”; 가져가다 presents movement away toward another destination. Example: 우산을 가져갈까? = “Should I take an umbrella?” Together, 얇은 재킷을 means “a thin/light jacket” as the object, and 가져갈까? asks whether the speaker should take it. The complete utterance means, “Should I carry a light jacket?”

6. 얇은 재킷과 작은 우산이 있으면 도움이 될 거야.

   A light jacket and a small umbrella would help.

   얇은

   light; thin

   재킷

   jacket

   과

   and

   작은

   small

   우산

   umbrella

   이 있으면

   if there is/are

   도움이 될 거야

   will be helpful

   More detail

   얇은 means “light” here in the sense of not thick or heavy, describing the jacket. It is the attributive form of the Korean descriptive verb 얇다 (“to be thin”): 얇다 → 얇은 before a noun. The translation selects the clothing sense “light,” rather than a claim about physical width alone. 재킷 is the noun “jacket.” It is a loanword used as a regular Korean noun. In the preceding context, the same noun appears as 재킷을, with 을 marking it as the object of “carry”; here it is part of the paired subject. 과 connects 재킷 and the following noun with “and.” In Korean, 과 is used after a noun ending in a consonant, while 와 is the corresponding form after a vowel: 재킷과 우산 (“a jacket and an umbrella”). 작은 means “small” and describes 우산. It is the attributive form of 작다 (“to be small”): 작다 → 작은 before a noun. This form belongs to 작다, not to the noun 우산. 우산 is the noun “umbrella.” Together with the preceding words, 얇은 재킷과 작은 우산 names the two items as a coordinated group. 이 있으면 expresses the condition “if there is/are” or, with the item group here, “if [you] have.” 이 marks 얇은 재킷과 작은 우산 as the subject of 있다 (“to exist; to be present”), and 있으면 is the conditional form: 있다 + -으면 (“if/when there is or are”). The fixed translation supports the practical reading “if you have” these items; it does not by itself specify who possesses them. 도움이 될 거야 means “will be helpful” or, in this conditional sentence, “would help.” 도움 is the noun “help,” 이 marks it as the subject, and 되다 (“to become; to serve as”) appears as 될 before 거야. The pattern -ㄹ/을 거야 commonly expresses a prediction or expected result in casual speech. Here it presents helpfulness as the expected result of the condition, rather than as a command. Putting the parts together: 얇은 재킷과 작은 우산 (“a light jacket and a small umbrella”) + 이 있으면 (“if you have them”) + 도움이 될 거야 (“they would help”) gives “A light jacket and a small umbrella would help.” The casual ending -거야 makes the sentence suitable for informal conversation.

7. 그럼 둘 다 가방에 넣을게.

   Then I can put both in my bag.

   그럼

   then; in that case

   둘 다

   both

   가방

   bag

   넣을게

   I’ll put it/them in

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   그럼 means “then” or “in that case.” It connects the speaker’s action to the situation just mentioned. A reusable pattern is 그럼 + sentence, meaning “Then …” or “In that case, …”. 둘 다 means “both.” 둘 identifies two, and 다 adds the meaning “both/all of them.” Here, the two items are the light jacket and small umbrella mentioned in the preceding sentence. Example: 두 사람 다 왔어요. — “Both people came.” 가방 means “bag.” In this sentence it is followed by the location particle 에: 가방에 marks the destination with the verb 넣다, “to put in.” The particle is not part of the noun itself. Example: 책을 가방에 넣어요. — “I put the book in the bag.” 넣을게 comes from 넣다, “to put in,” plus -(으)ㄹ게요, a form used when the speaker undertakes or offers to do something. The sentence uses the shortened conversational form without final 요: 넣을게. The verb stem is 넣-, which ends in a consonant, so this ending appears as -을게요: 넣- + 을게요 → 넣을게요. This ending expresses the speaker’s intention or commitment in context, rather than simply an abstract future. Example: 제가 문을 닫을게요. — “I’ll close the door.” Together, 둘 다 is the object, 가방에 marks the destination, and 넣을게 says that the speaker will put them there. With 그럼 linking this decision to the preceding suggestion, the whole utterance means: “Then I’ll put both in my bag.”

8. 비와 더 쌀쌀한 저녁 날씨에는 그 정도면 충분할 거야.

   That should be enough for the rain and the cooler evening.

   비

   rain

   더 쌀쌀한

   cooler

   저녁

   evening

   날씨

   weather

   그 정도면

   if it is about that much

   충분할 거야

   will be enough

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   비 means “rain” here. It is a noun, so it can combine with particles such as 와 (“and/with”) or 에 (“in/for”). Example: 비가 와요. — “It is raining.” 더 쌀쌀한 describes something as cooler or chillier than a relevant comparison point. The adjective is 쌀쌀하다 (“to be chilly”); 더 adds the comparative meaning, and 쌀쌀한 is the form used before a noun. Here it modifies 저녁 날씨, giving “cooler evening weather.” Example: 오늘은 어제보다 더 쌀쌀해요. — “Today is chillier than yesterday.” 저녁 means “evening.” It is a noun and can modify another noun directly, as in 저녁 날씨 (“evening weather”). 날씨 means “weather.” In this sentence, 저녁 날씨 is the weather in the evening, and the larger phrase refers to cooler evening weather. Example: 저녁 날씨가 좋아요. — “The evening weather is nice.” 그 정도면 combines 그 정도 (“that amount/degree/level”) with 면, a conditional form meaning “if” or “when.” It refers to an already understood amount or level; it does not by itself identify a particular object. The pattern 이 정도면 means “at this level/with this amount,” while 그 정도면 means “at that level/with that amount.” 충분할 거야 means “will be enough” or, as a prediction, “should be enough.” The base adjective is 충분하다 (“to be sufficient/enough”). Before -ㄹ 거야, it becomes 충분할; this construction commonly expresses an expected or predicted result. 거야 is an informal conversational ending, so the sentence has a casual tone. Example: 이것만 있으면 충분할 거야. — “This should be enough.” In the whole sentence, 비와 joins “rain” with the following noun phrase, and 더 쌀쌀한 저녁 날씨에는 sets the conditions: “for the rain and the cooler evening weather.” 그 정도면 says that the already understood amount or level is being evaluated, and 충분할 거야 predicts that it will be enough. Together, the utterance means: “That should be enough for the rain and the cooler evening.”